Implement for driving in nails.



No. 827,392. PATENTED JULY 31, 1906 c. BRANGEMEIER.

IMPLEMENT FOR DRIVING IN NAILS. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16. 1903.

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UNITE STATES PATENT onrron cAsPAR PRANGEMEIER, oFMu s'TER; GERMANY.

INIPLE IVI E'NT FOR DRIVING |N NAILS.

ment for Driving in Nails, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

' My invention relates to improvements in implementsfor driving in nails Which obviate the necessity of holding the nails by the fingers.

Specialobjects of my invention are to simplify and cheapen the construction and to render more efiicient, serviceable, and durable in operation devices of the kind referred to. With these ends in view the inventionconsists in the novel combination, arrangement,

and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafterexplained, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically set out in the appended claim. v

The drawings show an example of carrying the invention into practice.

Figural represents a plan view of the implement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1, and Fig. 8 shows a section on lineA B'of Fig. 1;

The hitherto customary'method of driving in nails frequently leads to injuries of the fingers by improper blows of the hammer. To obviate th1s drawback, implements in the shape of tongs or pliers have become known. The present invention relates to improvements in such implements and specially aims at protecting the head of the nails against deformation through hammer-blows.

The two shanks a b of the implement are rotatable around the pivot 0. At the front ends of the shanks cheeks de are provided in the usual manner. The 7 upper cheek d is adapted to cover the cheek e when the imple-' ment is in its closed position. abutment-faces of the two checks (1 6 show oppositely-situated vertical grooves f, which make up a circular bore. The upper ends of the 'groo ves f are laterally extended, as shown at g, to accommodate the head of the nail.

To use the implement hereinbefore described, the shanks a b are opened, thereby separating the two cheeks d' e. The nail to be driven in is placed in the groove f in the Specification of Iiette'rs Patent. A tion med November 16. 1903. SerialNo. 181.461.

The vertical Patented July 31, 1906.

check (1 with its head resting in the extension 9, and the two shanks are brought close together and the cheeks d e are tightly pressed upon one another, holding the nail between them. After placing the point of the nail at the required place, while holding the implement with one hand, the blows of the hammer are directed upon the upper surface of the upper'cheek d. The nail being securely held in the bore f is prevented from bending, while the head of same is protected against defor- .mations through being covered by the upper portion of the cheek d. Nails with fancy or decorative'heads are largely used by upholsterers, saddlers, and for other purposes. The rest portion of the nail which is embedded in the cheeks d e is driven in after the removal of the. implement in the customary manner. V Owing to the fact that by means of the present invention the blows of the hammer are directed on a comparatively large surface in contradistinction' to the small surface which the head of the nail offers, besides protecting the head of the nail, as hereinbefore mentioned, the wall or like surface into which the nail is driven is protected against injuries by improper blows.

Obviously the length of the bore f and the dimensions of the various parts of the implement are chosen to suit the requirements. I wish it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the exact construction of the individual parts as shown in the drawings, but that I may carry out modifications within the scope of my invention.

I am aware that previous to my application devices have become known which facili- I tate the driving in of nails, and in consequence I do not claim such a device per se, but the peculiar combination-of component parts, as hereinbefore in detail described.

What I'do claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An implement for drivingin nails, com prising, in combination, 'a pair of shanks a, b; a pivot c rotatably connecting the shanks; cheeks d, e at the front ends of the shanks;

said cheeks provided in their vertical abut-- ment-faceswith oppositely-situated vertical grooves f for the reception ofthe nail, and

with a Wider bore 9 at the upper ends of the In testimony whereof I have signed my grooves f for the accommodation of the nallname to this specification in the presence of head; and a lateral projection at the top end i two subscribing witnesses.

of the vertical abutment-face of the cheek d CASPAR PRANGEMEIER. 5 adapted to cover up the cheek e, substan- Witnesses:

tially as described and shown and for the pur- WILLIAM ESSENWEIN,

pose set forth. l PETER LIEBER. 

